News reports from 27 years ago told of how Cody, who was 2 at the time, was found clinging to his mothers' body in a deserted cemetery at Mountain View Memorial Park.

The father, Piska's brother-in-law, was found at the couples apartment near Tacoma. Both of them had been shot multiple times.

Kenneth Peterson, a 44-year-old college student was later charged within weeks of the double murder but no motive was ever determined.

Police had hoped they might be able to
gain information about the killings from Cody but it was a fruitless
task because the boy was so traumatized by what had happened to his
parents.

Traumatized past: Cody Shearer sits between his parents, Stewart and Shelly Shearer who were shot to death. Cody Shearer is the nephew of Seattle shooter Carolyn Piksa who is said to have become paranoid the 1985 murder

In July 2012, the shooting suspect, Carolyn Piska faced another horrifying experience in July 2012 after burglars shot her beloved dog, Roulette.

'She started to develop paranoia and she expressed to me that she felt unsafe in her home,' said Shearer.

Piksa is suspected of shooting and critically wounding Bill Keller, the executive director of the Associated Recreation Council, hours after fleeing the scene of the shooting.

The shooting in north Seattle prompted the city to shut down all community centers and put nearby schools on high alert.

Piksa had keys to city facilities, said deputy police chief Nick Metz.

Piksa's sister, Shelly, was reportedly killed execution-style in a graveyard in Pierce County, Washington, after the shooter killed Shelly's husband

Police initially characterized the shooting as workplace violence. A motive has not yet been determined.

Seattle police identified the suspect
as 46-year-old Piksa who goes by the nickname 'Zoom.'

Piksa works
as an assistant coordinator for community centers and has been a Parks
and Recreation Department employee since 1986.